Talk:Yeehaw Junction, Florida

Errr... I would have to guess that there are definitely not 20,000+ people at Yeehaw Jct. It is the crossroads of a few highways (U. S. Highway 441, Florida State Road 60, and Florida's Turnpike) in a very rural/deserted part of Florida. There's a toll plaza, a few restaurants/bars, gas station, a motel or two. Is the Census data including all of surrounding rural SE Osceola County? (Even if it is, I still find this data hard to believe!) TrbleClef 09:27, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yep - we have a problem I think. From www.census.gov:

FLORIDA

Osceola County, Florida (FIPS code 12097)

The census designated place (CDP) identified as Yeehaw Junction CDP (FIPS code 78975) for Census 2000 should have been identified as Lake Buenaventura CDP (FIPS code 09415). All polygons in the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files associated with Yeehaw Junction CDP should have been associated with Lake Buenaventura CDP. Yeehaw Junction was erroneously not defined for Census 2000 and does not appear in any Census 2000 products.[1]

I don't know enough to know what article title to move this to.. Lake Buenaventura, Florida I presume? -- sannse (talk) 09:53, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hmm. I've never heard of a "Lake Buenaventura" (particularly one with 20,000 people) in that region. The closest place to that name which I know of is Lake Buena Vista, which is one county north (in Orange County) a few miles from Walt Disney World. Checking further reveals that the name change may actually be to "Buenaventura Lakes." This appears to be a neighborhood in the same county, but it does not appear to be a municipality, unless I'm mistaken. ([2] (PDF), [3], [4]) TrbleClef 10:10, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the answer is, but here are some links that may give more info on the place: http://www.innsnorthamerica.com/fl/desertinn.htm
The Yeehaw railrad depot in later years was combined into the Yeehaw Juction Intersection for the community. The township was at one point in time called Crossrads, as well as Desert Inn, Jackass Crossing, and the Crossing. No one is really sure who was tesponsible for "Yeehaw Junction." So history gowe, when standard Oil wanted to put their station on the map, they neded to call it something and Jackass Crossing was not going to be it, as the Crossing and Desert Inn were out too!. So with the Turnpike in the 50's needing an exit name and Greyhound Bus line needing a "stop" name also, as well as any other reason, the name "Yeehaw Junction" was popularized, but one sitll hear's "Jackasses Crossing" on the CB's. Disney World is 1 hour away north and Vero Beach is half and hour east.

• http://www.desertinnrestaurant.com/history.html
  

The establishment became part of history during the late 1880's (as far back as we have documentation). The first record owner of the land was the Consolidated Land Co., then the Florida Industrial Co. in 1917. In this period of time this part of Osceola County was probably in Brevard County.

Florida became a state in 1845; however, a large area of the state was submerged. In 1881 a project was begun by Disston in an effort to reclaim land from the southern Orlando area to south of Okeechobee. One of the already existing railroads (1882 in Kissimmee) possibly the Florida East Coast Railway, aided in moving timber in this area. This led to part of the motel site being developed into one of the water depots for the old railway trams carrying logs. There was a sawmill at the site... per legend.

Between 1917 and 1930 history was made with the cowboys moving cattle from Kissimmee River, Orlando and places north down to the Indian reservations and places south in which Yeehaw was the only watering hole!!! The Desert Inn patrons at that time included Indians as well as cowboys, business people, moonshiners, traders (trading goods and lumber), and lumber men. Cowboys remember ox teams and Model T's.

In the 1930's Dad Wilson bought the property and fixed it up a little so it was more than a shack. It now had gas pumps, according to stories. Also, from the stories, Dad Wilson was a railroad hobo who was 'kicked off' in yeehaw... then borrowed lumber from the railroad! Somewhere in this time period, a man named Boree has a going sawmill a stone's throw from the restaurant. Supposedly, Dad Wilson and Boree had several squabbles~ Also, this was about the time that roads were paved.

Somewhere in time after Wilson, six other owners existed according to records. In order they are Rerssenzchn, Broce, Bain, Hams, Bain and Kablerer, but no one seems to remember Bain and Hams. Rerssenzchn and Broce were partners per a nephew, and they sold out when they had a big discrepancy. Kabler operated the restaurant in '40-'46 per a relative.

By the time Cheverette purchased the property in 1946, it still had no water or electricity (it took till '78 to have FULL service). Fred had a 450" well put in for the Desert Inn and a generator for the electricity which other locals shared some of this power. Fred also convertd open space into rooms upstairs to be used for rentals! Dad Wilson was the first, it is told to have jackasses on his 100 acres (Fred later sold 30 acres to Mr. Geiger. We have since tried to purchase the 30, but owners are obstinate). Fred also raised jackasses upon which he capitalized, selling T-Shirts and caps, etc. which the current ownership carries on the tradition and sells the critters (i.e. jackasses).

The Yeehaw railroad depot in later years was combined into the Yeehaw Juction Intersection for the community. The township was at one point called Crossroads, as well as Desert Inn, Jackass Crossing, and the Crossing. No one is really sure who was responsible for "Yeehaw Junction." So history goes, when Standard Oil wanted to put their station on the map, they neded to call it something and Jackass Crossing was not going to be it, and the Crossing and Desert Inn were out too!. So with the Turnpike in the 50's needing an exit name and Greyhound Bus line needing a "stop" name also, the name "Yeehaw Juntion" was popularized, but one still hears "Jackasses Crossing" on the CB's.

Many thanks to all who helped me write this short synopsis for it was by far not started here, nor will it end here. We are now on the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES as of January, 1994! Once a year we have an annual old times event. Come on down.

BCorr|Брайен 16:05, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I've deleted most of the text because of the above - but I'm not sure about the source for the geographical information and the map. Is this accurate? -- sannse (talk) 19:52, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Not sure about the coordinates, but the dot on the map is pretty much where YJ is. TrbleClef 20:09, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Was this an error, or just the strange way the census does stuff? By the way, Buenaventura Lakes is the name of a large housing development northeast of Kissimmee, which is probably in this CDP. If it is truly an error, the data should be transferred there. If, however, the census considers the area to be Yeehaw Junction, the difference between the CDP and the actual place should be explained, and the info should be kept here. Edit: I missed the census admitting their error on first read, so it should be in Buenaventura Lakes. --SPUI 20:57, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think it should be at Buenaventura Lakes or Buenaventura Lakes, Florida- but I didn't know enough to move the data. I thought, as this was noticed such a long time ago, we really needed to make this entry accurate at least -- sannse (talk) 21:47, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Question: is this the place along the turnpike where there are signs about as far south as Miami exhorting drivers to come buy discounted attraction tickets and hotel reservations? With about 100 big neon-bright billboards along the way? If so, that probably deserves a mention. Mindspillage 15:10, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. It's the intersection of US-441, state road 60, and the Turnpike (in the middle of nowhere). Also was a railroad stop or something back in the day. See the above sources... TrbleClef 15:52, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Actually the Florida East Coast Railway stopped a few miles to the east on 60, about a mile east of the county line (follow the line of 441 from Kenansville straight past Lokosee; that's how the FEC went). The intersection was named when the roads were put in. --SPUI 16:40, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured it was something like that. I don't remember seeing any tracks nearby. (Passed YJ on the Turnpike yesterday, coming down from Tallahassee for the 20th time) TrbleClef 16:45, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The railroad was abandoned by the 50s, so you wouldn't have seen anything anyway. --SPUI 16:53, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Nothing" is all relative out there anyway :) TrbleClef 17:59, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The maps relating to the coordinates are of Buenaventura Lakes, so it looks like this information is from the incorrect census data too. I've removed all that I think it wrong. If anyone can find the correct data, that could be added -- sannse (talk) 23:40, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Origin of the name?

The 1925 laws of Florida, chapter 10269, includes the following:

Road No. 30. Also from Frost Proof to Vero, via Dougherty Crossing and Yeehaw.

Thus the name Yeehaw was in use then. Was it maybe named by the Florida East Coast Railway, which had a branch parallel to US 441? --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 21:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

general culpepper

my name is jason e. culpepper and i am inquiring about the first name, or any other history reguarding general culpepper of yeehaw junction. thank you.71.30.244.8 (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Yeehaw Junction

As far as I can tell original reference to the Battle of Yeehaw Junction is a fictional example used at an Army school to show students what a battle summary should look like. I'm a Civil War buff who grew up in Vero Beach and I never heard of the "battle" until a couple years ago. I was suspicious when the battle summary included reference to a Col. Disney and to the Florida Turnpike. Using Google I found what I suspect is the original example report, this wikipedia article, and a lot of other sites that draw from the wikpedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.64.36 (talk) 01:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

• I thought this was suspicious as well since the article also says the Yeehaw Junction didn't get its name until the 1900's. I removed the false information. It was taken word-for-word from a false Army paper, like stated above. Here's a link to the false paper and a link to the site explaining that it was a false paper: http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/history/ba/intro.html, http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/history/ba/paperx.htm Jdoty (talk) 23:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I was the creator of the Battle Analysis paper for the Battle of Yeehaw Junction, and it was indeed a fictitious account to be used as a template on how to write a Battle Analysis paper for students of the US Army Captain's Career Course. I wrote it in 1999 and enjoyed sprinkling names from Florida and Florida State football. My colleague added the Disney and Turnpike reference, which removed the subtlety and should have been a dead giveaway that the battle was indeed fictitious. Nonetheless, I still get a charge when students seek more information of this epic battle...Robert V. Glisson, Historian, US Army Medical Department Center and School... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.232.80.57 (talk) 13:31, 15 August 2019 (UTC)